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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 954 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018. · Sec. 3209

Sec. 3209. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

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In this section, the term agriculture committees and subcommittees means— the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and the subcommittees on agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and related agencies of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Secretary, in consultation with the agriculture committees and subcommittees, shall propose a reorganization of international trade functions for imports and exports of the Department of Agriculture.
In producing the proposal under this section, the Secretary shall— in recognition of the importance of agricultural exports to the farm economy and the economy as a whole, include a plan for the establishment of an Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs; take into consideration how the Under Secretary described in subparagraph
(A)would serve as a multiagency coordinator of sanitary and phytosanitary issues and nontariff trade barriers in agriculture with respect to imports and exports of agricultural products; and take into consideration all implications of a reorganization described in paragraph
(1)on domestic programs and operations of the Department of Agriculture. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and before the reorganization described in paragraph
(1)can take effect, the Secretary shall submit to the agriculture committees and subcommittees a report that— includes the results of the proposal under this section; and provides a notice of the reorganization plan. Not later than 1 year after the date of the submission of the report under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall implement a reorganization of international trade functions for imports and exports of the Department of Agriculture, including the establishment of an Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. The position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs established under subsection (b)(2)(A) shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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